Fool

(Sri Lanka, Unawatuna beach '10, with all this snow in the UK all I keep thinking about is my beach at home)

Dear, I fear we're facing a problem
you love me no longer, I know
and maybe there is nothing
that I can do to make you do
Mama tells me I shouldn't bother
that I ought just stick to another man
a man that surely deserves me
but I think you do!

So I cry, and I pray and I beg

Love me love me
say that you love me
fool me fool me
go on and fool me
love me love me
pretend that you love me
lead me lead me
just say that you need me

So I cried, and I begged for you to
Love me love me
say that you love me
lead me lead me
just say that you need me
I can't care about anything but you

Lately I have desperately pondered,
spent my nights awake and I wonder
what I could have done in another way
to make you stay
Reason will not reach a solution
I will end up lost in confusion
I don't care if you really care
as long as you don't go

(Love fool - The Cardigans. I know this song is old but it just takes me back in time and makes me quite happy. The Cardigans makes you love the 90's music)

Took the blame, bore the wrath

Oh, to see the dawn
Of the darkest day:
Christ on the road to Calvary.
Tried by sinful men,
Torn and beaten, then
Nailed to a cross of wood.

This, the pow'r of the cross:
Christ became sin for us;
Took the blame, bore the wrath—
We stand forgiven at the cross.

Oh, to see the pain
Written on Your face,
Bearing the awesome weight of sin.
Ev'ry bitter thought,
Ev'ry evil deed
Crowning Your bloodstained brow.

Now the daylight flees;
Now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head.
Curtain torn in two,
Dead are raised to life;
"Finished!" the vict'ry cry.

Oh, to see my name
Written in the wounds,
For through Your suffering I am free.
Death is crushed to death;
Life is mine to live,
Won through Your selfless love.

(Power of the cross - Kristyn Getty)

I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you

(Sri Lanka, Unawatuna '09)

If I were a painter
I would paint my reverie
If that's the only way for you to be with me

We'd be there together
Just like we used to be
Undertneath the swirling skies for all to see

And I'm dreaming of a place
Where I could see your face
And I think my brush would take me there
But only...

If I were a painter
And could paint a memory
I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you
I'd climb inside the skies to be with you 

(Painter Song - Norah Jones)

Stay

If I build a wall
A hundred feet tall
Would that keep you in?
If I shackled your feet
So you couldn’t leave
Would you try and run?

If I promise not to fight
At least not tonight
Would you stay the night?
If I wore that little dress
That you like the best
Would you pass my test?

Would you stay?
Would you stay with me?

(Stay - Michelle Featherstone)

We're going down

It's not a silly little moment,
It's not the storm before the calm.
This is the deep and dying breath of
This love that we've been working on.

Can't seem to hold you like I want to
So I can feel you in my arms.
Nobody's gonna come and save you,
We pulled too many false alarms.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

I was the one you always dreamed of,
You were the one I tried to draw.
How dare you say it's nothing to me?
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.

I'll make the most of all the sadness,
You'll be a bitch because you can.
You try to hit me just to hurt me
So you leave me feeling dirty
Because you can't understand.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

(John Mayer - Slow dancing in a burning room)

Wonderful

It’s a little bit funny this feeling inside

I’m not one of those who can easily hide

I don’t have much money but boy if I did

I’d buy a big house where we both could live


So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or they’re blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen

I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words

How wonderful life is while you’re in the world


( Ellie Goulding - Your song)

Sparks

Did I drive you away?
I know what you'll say.
You'll say, "Oh, sing one we know"
But I promise you this,
I'll always look out for you.
That's what I'll do. 

My heart is yours.
It's you that I hold on to.
That's what I'll do.
But I know I was wrong,
And I won't let you down.

And I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks..

(Sparks - Coldplay)

Building a Mystery

 Cause you're working

Building a mystery

Holding on and holding it in

Yeah you're working

Building a mystery

And choosing so carefully

(Building work in the town center in Durham. Not quite sure what they are building but I made full use of it during my picture taking walk. One before the last picture is my favorite.) 

How to love again

Fear falls down like rain
And it makes me whole again
Fear falls like rain

Take me as I am
I'm not broken
Pieces of my life are not tokens
I want to let you know that I'm still learning
How to love again and stop hurting

(Take me as I am - Tonic)

Neopolitan Dreams

You'll go and I'll be okay,
I can dream the rest away.
Its just a little touch of fate, it will be okay.
It sure takes its precious time, but it's got rights and so have I.

I turn my head up to the sky
I focus one thought at a time
I do not let the little thieves under my tightly buttoned sleeves
You couldn't be alone, the time I feel like I am walking blind
I have nowhere, I'll have time
There are no legible signs
(Neopolitan Dreams - Lisa Mitchell)

(Newcastle on a rainy day)

Rogue

If Rogue was a person I'd imagine her to be Kate Nash. She is lovely to have around and then all of a sudden she gets snappy. 

(Kate Nash - Foundations)

You said I must eat so many lemons
'cause I am so bitter.
I said
"I'd rather be with your friends mate 'cause they are much fitter."

Yes, it was childish and you got aggressive,
and I must admit that I was a bit scared,
but it gives me thrills to wind you up.

Moon

Don't know why I'm still afraid
If you weren't real I would make you up
now
I wish that I could follow through
I know that your love is true
and deep
as the sea
but right now
everything you want is wrong,
and right now
all your dreams are waking up,
and right now
I wish I could follow you
to the shores
of freedom,
where no one lives.

Remember when we first met
and everything was still a bet
in love's game
you would call; I'd call you back
and then I'd leave
a message
on your answering
machine

But right now
everything is turning blue,
and right now
the sun is trying to kill the moon,
and right now
I wish I could follow you
to the shores
of freedom,
where no one lives

(Joseph Arthur - Honey and the moon)

(First & last pictures were taken in Sri Lanka while the other was in Durham. The song by Joseph Arthur is one of my favorites. A dreamy tune, perfect for a long walk)

Walking after you...

Tonight I'm tangled in my blanket of clouds 
Dreaming aloud 

Things just won't do without you, matter of fact 
I'm on your back 

If you walk out on me 
I'm walking after you 

I cannot be without you, matter of fact 
I'm on your back

(Foo Fighters - Walking after you)

Hiding place

My hiding place My safe refuge
My treasure Lord You are

(I Will Exalt You - Hillsong)

Paper Aeroplane

I spilled the ink across the land

Trying to spell your name

Up and down there it goes

Paper Aeroplane

It hasnt flown the seven seas to you

But its on its way

It goes through the hands

Then to someone else

To find you

 (By the very talented Elena Borodenko, standing on the left hand side in picture 2. This was at the June Project art exhibition in the Gala, Durham)

Red velvet love

Cause I'm looking for love
And love,
I thought it was you

(Looking for love - Michelle Fetherstone)

(Red velvet & vanilla cupcakes from hummingbird bakery in London. Best cupcakes ever!!!)

The Answer

My happiness is found in less 

Of me and more of You 

I have found the answer is 

To love You and be loved by You alone 

You crucify me and the world to me 

And I will only boast in You 

(Shane & Shane - The Answer)

                    (UK, Outside Durham Cathedral)

Sailboats

We're adrift on a sailboat 
My love is the sea 
Yours is the horizon 
Constant and steady 

We're cutting anchor
Casting out into the glorious deep
The tide is out, the moon is high
We're sailing 

                                                             (Brooke Fraser - Sailboats)

                                                                ( France - Yvoire, a must see if you ever go to France. Place is stunning)

True Colours

Show me a smile then,
And don't be unhappy, can't remember when
I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there

I see your true colours

That's why I love you

So don't be afraid to let them show

Your true colours

True colours are beautiful,

Like a rainbow   (Cyndi Lauper - True Colors)

                                          (UK, Durham autumn leaves, best time to be in Durham. The colours are simply breathtaking)